thanks guys..
i do try to distract her but shes very stubborn and almost immediately goes back to it no matter what i give her to do!! i think thats why its such a struggle..
sherie - its sooooo frustrating. asha will pull out anything and everything in the bathroom.. squirt out the toothpaste if she manages to get it, pull out the toilet brush and brush her hair with it ewwwwww!!! unroll the toilet paper!!
md - the magazines thing even if i give her her own she will still comne and snatch the one i am reading because it must be the good one lol she can have a floor full and still want mine!! outside time is really a life saver here as u were saying she is pretty happy to run around outside doing her own thing picking up the balls and running round with them.. im a bit worried tho because i dnt want her wearing shoes too much but we have bindis and i thought she was avoiding them because she never complained but i looked at the soles of her feet the other day and she has all little red bindi holes in her feet!
i think all in all shes probably a bit bored and thats why shes doing these things, weve got a bit of toy overload from her birthday and she rarely plays with them probably because theres so many she just dosnt know where to start.. might need to put some away maybe that will help.. just gotta take a deep breath and get on with it lol ive just gotta find some way of releasing my frustration because last time i smacked her i left a really bad red mark that lasted for ages and i feel really bad and ashamed that i hurt her so bad.. thing was she didnt even cry that much making me think maybe thats how hard i hit her all the time and shes just used to it god im so horrible